Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Thickeners
The present invention relates to the use of an amine functional polymer as a
rheology modifier for non-aqueous paints, inks, filled thermosetting resins,
thermosetting
s resin-based gelcoats and to millbases, paints and inks, filled thermosetting
resins and
thermosetting based gelcoats containing said rheology modifier. The ink
includes that
used in either impact or non-impact printing, including drop-on-demand (DOD)
printing.
Solvent based coatings have a tendency to "sag" or run down when the coating
is
applied to inclined and particularly vertical surfaces. This is particularly
true in the case of
Zo high solids coating formulations which are becoming increasing important
with the need to
reduce the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) content of the coatings. There is
thus a
clear need for rheology modifying agents which reduce the tendency of coatings
to sag.
Ideally such rheology modifying agents should impart shear thinning properties
on the
coating such as high viscosity under low shear conditions to inhibit sag after
application
of the coating and low viscosity under high shear to permit flow and levelling
of the
coating during application.
Thermosetting resin based gelcoats, and filled thermosetting resins when used
in
spray and hand lay-up applications, also have a strong tendency to sag when
applied to
vertical surfaces. Typically this difficulty is addressed through the use of
thixotropes such
2 o as fumed silicas, but their ultra-fine particulate state makes them
difficult to handle in
terms of both their ease of incorporation into formulations, and extremely
dusty nature.
The relatively high density of most fillers used in thermosetting resins means
that
the said fillers may have a strong tendency to settle on storage, even for
quite short
periods of time, leaving an uneven distribution of filler between the
different levels within
25 the formulation, and even a dense sediment on the base of the container.
This problem
may be addressed by mechanical means (stirring or rolling the container), or
by
incorporation of an appropriate agent that will help the formulation to resist
settling.
Ideally such anti-settling agents should show shear thinning behaviour.
US 3,979,441 discloses oil-soluble polymers of N-3-amino alkyl acrylamides
such
3o as N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-dimethylaminopropyl) acrylamide which are obtained by
copolymerisation with a monomer such as 'an alkyl (meth)acrylate containing an
alkyl
group with at least 8 carbon atoms. The polymers are used as viscosity
modifiers in
lubricants but their use in paints is neither disclosed nor envisaged.
US 5,312,863 discloses cationic latex coatings obtained by polymerising at
least
35 one ethylenically unsaturated monomer wherein at least one of the monomers
contains a
cationic functional group. Preferably, the concentration of the cationic
functional
monomer is from 0.5 to 15% by weight of the total polymerisable monomers used
to
prepare the cationic polymer, and more preferably from 1 to 5% by weight.
There is no
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disclosure that such cationic polymers can be used as a rheology modifier
(hereinafter
"RM~") in non-aqueous based paints and inks.
More recently, US 5,098,479 discloses a process for preparing a hydrocarbon-
soluble thickener for zinc-containing metal resinate inks which comprises the
reaction
product of
a) up to 99% by weight of an alkyl or cycloalkyl ester of (meth) acrylic acid;
b) up to 98% by weight styrene;
c) 1 to 40% by weight of an amine-containing monomer;
d) up to 20% by weight of a carboxyl-containing monomer; and
L o e) a catalytic amount of a free-radical polymerisation initiator.
These thickeners have all been specifically developed for use with metal
resinates
in gravure printing inks and none of the specific thickeners are made using
more than
15% by weight amine-containing monomers.
It has now been found that improved resistance against sag, running or
settling
L5 can be obtained if the RM polymer contains not less than 42% by weight of
the residue of
an amine containing monomer.
According to the invention there is provided the use of an amine functional
polymer, including salts thereof, as a rheology modifier for solvent-based
paints, inks,
filled thermosetting resins and thermosetting resin-based gelcoats, whereby
the amine
? o functional polymer contains not less than 42% by weight of the residue of
one or more
amine-containing monomers, or salts thereof, relative to the total weight of
the polymer.
The amine functional polymer, including salts thereof, is referred to
hereinafter as
AFP.
Preferably, the AFP contains not less than 45% and more preferably not less
than
? 5 50% by weight of the residue of an amine-containing monomer relative to
the total weight
of the polymer.
It is also preferred that the AFP contains not greater than 90% and more
preferably not greater than 80% by weight of the residue of an amine-
containing
monomer relative to the total weight of the polymer.
3 o The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the AFP is preferably between
30,000 and 250,000, more preferably between 40,000 and 100,000 and especially
between 65,000 and 85,000.
The AFP is preferably obtainable from two or more monomers which contain at
least one, and preferably, only one ethylenically unsaturated group.
35 In one preferred class of AFP, the amine-containing monomer is a compound
of
formula 1
1
H2C=C(R)-A-X-N< Ra
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wherein
R is hydrogen or C,_6 alkyl;
A is oxygen, sulphur, a group -COO- or a group -CONR3- wherein R3 is hydrogen
or C~_~2-alkyl;
X is C2_,o-alkylene;
R' and R2 is each, independently, hydrogen, hydroxyalkyl or C,_,2-alkyl; or
R' and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a
ring.
When R is C~_6-alkyl, it is preferably C,_4-alkyl such as methyl.
When X is alkylene, it may be linear or branched. Preferably at least two
carbon
1 o atoms of the alkylene group are in a chain connecting A with the nitrogen
atom.
When R' and/or R2 is hydroxyalkyl it is preferably hydroxy-C2_4-alkyl.
When R' and RZ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form
a
ring, the ring preferably contains 6 members such as morpholinyl, piperazinyl,
pyridyl,
pyrrolidinyl and N-alkylpiperidinyl such as N-C,_,a-alkyl- and especially N-
C,_6-alkyl
piperidinyl.
Examples of the compounds of formula 1 are:
10-aminodecyl vinyl ether;
9-aminooctyl vinyl ether;
6-(diethyiamino)hexyl (meth)acrylate;
0 2-(diethylamino)ethyl vinyl ether;
5-aminopentyl vinyl ether;
3-aminopropyl vinyl ether;
2-aminoethyl vinyl ether;
2-aminobutyl vinyl ether;
5 4-aminobutyl vinyl ether;
3-(dimethylamino)propyl (meth)acrylate;
2-(dimethylamino)ethyl vinyl ether;
N-(3,5,5-trimethylhexyl)aminoethyl vinyl ether;
N-cyclohexylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
30 3-(t-butylamino)propyl (meth)acrylate; .
2-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylate;
N-t-butylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
N-methylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
N-2-ethylhexylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
35 N-t-octylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
beta-morpholinoethyl (meth)acrylate;
4-(beta-acryloxyethyl) pyridine;
beta-pyrrolidinoethyl vinyl ether;
5-aminopentyl vinyl sulfide;
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beta-hydroxyethylaminoethyl vinyl ether;
(N-beta-hydroxyethyl-N-methyl) aminoethyl vinyl ether;
hydroxyethyldimethyl (vinyloxyethyl) ammonium hydroxide;
2-(dimethylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylate;
2-(dimethylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylamide;
2-(t-butylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylate;
3-(dimethylamino)propyl (meth)acrylamide;
2-(diethylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylate;
2-(dimethylamino)ethyl (meth)acrylamide.
LO
In a further preferred class of AFP, the amine containing monomer is a
compound
of formula 2
N~ ~ CH=CHZ 2
( R4)n
L5 wherein
R4 is hydrogen or C,_,2-alkyl; and
n is from 1 to 4.
Examples of amine functional monomers of formula 2 are
4-vinylpyridine, 2,6-diethyl-4-vinylpyridine, 3-dodecyl-4-vinylpyridine and
2,3,5,6-
? o tetramethyl-4-vinylpyridine.
The quaternised form of weak base functional monomers such as those weak
base functional monomers which have been reacted with alkyl halides, such as
benzyl
chloride and ethyl bromide or with epoxides such as ethyleneoxide and
propyleneoxide,
or with dialkylsulphate such as dimethylsulphate, can also be used. These
monomers
?5 containing quaternary ammonium functional groups are also regarded as amine-
functional
monomers for the purpose of this invention.
In addition to the amine-containing monomer, the AFP may also contain the
residue of one or more nonionic mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
Examples of
such monomers are styrene, alpha-methyl styrene, vinyl toluene, vinyl
naphthalene,
3o ethylene, vinyl acetate, vinyl versatate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene
chloride, acrylonitrile,
meth-acrylonitrile, (meth)acrylamide, various (C,-CZO)alkyl and (C3
CZO)alkenyl esters of
(meth)acrylic acid; for example, methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate,
n-butyl(meth)acrylate, isobutyl(meth)acrylate, 2-ethyl-hexyl (meth)acrylate,
cyclohexyl
(meth)acrylate, n-octyl (meth)acrylate, n-decyl (meth)acrylate, n-dodecyl
(meth)acrylate,
35 tetradecyl (meth)acrylate, n-amyl (meth)acrylate, neopentyl (meth)acrylate,
cyclopentyl
(meth)acrylate, lauryl (meth)acrylate, oleyl (meth)acrylate, palmityl
(meth)acrylate, and
stearyl (meth)acrylate; other (meth)acrylates such as isobornyl
(meth)acrylate, benzyl
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(meth)acrylate, phenyl (meth)acrylate, 2-bromoethyl (meth)acrylate, 2-
phenylethyl
(meth)acrylate, and 1-naphthyl (meth)acrylate; alkoxylalkyl (meth)acrylates
such as
ethoxyethyl (meth)acrylate; and dialkyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated di-
and tricar
boxylic acids and anhydrides, such as diethyl maleate, dimethyl fumarate,
trimethyl
5 aconitate, and ethyl methyl itaconate.
The AFP may also contain the residue of one or more multi-ethylenically
unsaturated monomers. The amount of multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer is
controlled in order not to produce a gel in preparation of the AFP. Examples
of such
monomers are allyl (meth)acrylate, tripropyleneglycol di(meth)acrylate,
diethyleneglycol
Lo di(meth)acrylate, ethyleneglycol di(meth)acrylate, 1,6-hexanediol
di(meth)acrylate, 1,3-
butyleneglycol di(meth)acrylate, polyalkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate,
diallylphthalate,
trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, divinyl benzene, divinyl toluene,
trivinyl benzene and
divinyl naphthalene. The amount of multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer is
preferably
less than 5%, more preferably less than 2% based on the total weight of
monomers used
L 5 to prepare the AFP.
Monomers containing functional groups which may be available for further
reaction
after synthesis of the AFP may also be included. Examples of such functional
groups are
hydroxy, carboxy and fatty acid. Examples of these functional monomers are 2-
hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate and (meth)acrylic acid.
0 The functional groups in the AFP derived from the functional monomers may be
utilised to incorporate the AFP into the crosslinked matrix of a thermosetting
or air drying
coating composition. An example of this is where the AFP contains hydroxy
functionality.
Such an AFP may be incorporated into the crosslinked matrix of a hydroxy
functional film-
forming binder resin by use of a suitable crosslinking agent such as a
polyisocyanate or
25 melamine formaldehyde derivative in the coating composition.
When the AFP contains the residue of a carboxy functional monomer the amount
of such
monomer is preferably less than 3% and especially less than 1 % by weight
based on the
total weight of monomers.
The polymerisation conditions to produce the AFP should be selected to
minimise
30 reaction, if any, between the amine functional group and the post-
polymerisation
crosslinkable functional group. After polymerisation an appropriate multi-
functional
crosslinking agent can be reacted with crosslinkable functional groups pendant
from the
polymer chain. Alternatively, the amine functional group itself can serve as
crosslinking
site.
35 Some of the AFP's according to the invention are novel. Thus, according to
a
further aspect of the invention there is provided an amine-functional polymer
(AFP) which
comprises not less than 42% by weight of the AFP of a residue of an amine-
containing
monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a residue of styrene,
including
salts thereof.
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Preferably, the AFP further comprises the residue of an ethylenically
unsaturated
monomer which contains a hydroxyl group.
As a further aspect of the invention there is provided an AFP which comprises
not
less than 42% by weight of the AFP of an amine-containing monomer having an
ethylenically unsaturated group and a residue of a C,_6 - alkyl (meth)
acrylate, including
salts thereof.
Useful AFP's have been prepared from styrene and
2-dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate (hereinafter DMAEMA) optionally containing up
to
10% 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate.
1 o The AFP's used as rheology modifiers according to the present invention
may be
prepared by any method known to the art. However, it is preferred that the AFP
is
prepared by a solvent polymerisation process and that the solvent is selected
for
compatibility viiith the end-use paint or ink with which the AFP is to be
used. The AFP
may also be prepared by a standard batchwise process or by continuous feed of
the
monomers.
As a further variant, the AFP may be prepared by amine functionalisation of a
preformed polymer which is substantially devoid of amine and/or cationic
groups.
However, it is much preferred that the AFP is prepared from two or more
monomers,. at
least one of which is an amine-containing monomer.
o As disclosed hereinbefore, the AFP is primarily of use as a RM in paints,
inks,
gelcoats and filled thermosetting resins but may also be used in any non-
aqueous coating
system which it is desired to thicken. Thus, the AFP may be part of a clear
coating
comprising a film-forming binder resin and an organic liquid which may
optionally contain
a particulate solid such as a pigment and optionally a dispersant to disperse
the
?5 particulate solid when the binder resin does not act as dispersant.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a composition
comprising the AFP, organic liquid and a film-forming binder resin. The binder
resin
system may be that found typically in conventional coatings as well as high
solids
coatings. Illustrative examples are binders such as those based on alkyds,
polyester-
3o melamine, polyester-urea/formaldehydej alkyd-melamine, . alkyd-
urea/formaldehyde,
acrylic-melamine, acrylic-urea/formaldehyde, epoxy resins, epoxy ester-
melamine,
polyurethane resins, acrylic resins, oleoresins, unsaturated polyesters,
polyvinyl acetates,
polyvinyl chlorides or vinyl acrylics. The preferred resins comprise alkyds,
polyester-
melamine, polyester-urea/ formaldehyde, alkyd-melamine, acrylic melamine or
35 polyurethanes. The most preferred resins comprise polyester-melamine,
acrylic-melamine
or polyurethanes. Preferably, the binder resin is other than a metal resinate.
As a still further aspect of the invention there is provided a millbase,
paint, ink or
thermosetting resin-based gelcoat comprising the AFP, organic liquid and/or
reactive
monomer, particulate solid and a film-forming binder resin or a thermosetting
resin.
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It is also preferred that the millbase, paint, ink or thermosetting resin-
based gelcoat
further comprises a dispersant to uniformly distribute the particulate solid
throughout the
organic liquid.
Preferably, the particulate solid is a pigment. .
A further aspect of the invention provides a composition comprising the AFP, a
thermosetting resin and optionally a reactive monomer. The resin may be that
typically
found in the thermosetting resin systems. Illustrative examples of such resins
include
unsaturated polyesters, poly(meth)acrylates, urethanes, urethane-acrylates,
epoxy resins,
vinyl esters, allyl resins, silicone resins, amino resins, phenolics, melamine
formaldehydes
1o and urea formaldehydes. Examples of reactive monomers include styrene and
methyl
methacrylate.
As a further aspect of the invention there is provided a filled thermosetting
resin
based composite comprising the AFP, a thermosetting resin system, a
particulate solid
material and optionally a reactive monomer. Preferably, the particulate solid
material is
wholly or mainly filler.
The organic liquid is preferably a polar organic medium or a substantially non-
polar aromatic hydrocarbon, aliphatic hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon.
By the
term "polar" in relation to the organic medium is meant an organic liquid or
resin capable
of forming moderate to strong bonds as described in the article entitled "A
Three
2 o Dimensional Approach to Solubility" by Crowley et al in Journal of Paint
Technology, Vol.
38, 1966, at page 269. Such organic media generally have a hydrogen bonding
number
of 5 or more as defined in the abovementioned article.
Examples of suitable polar organic liquids are amines, ethers, especially
Power
alkyl ethers, organic acids, esters, ketones, glycols, alcohols, and amides.
Numerous
specific examples of such moderately strongly hydrogen bonding liquids are
given in the
book entitled "Compatibility and Solubility" by Ibert Mellan (published in
1968 by Noyes
Development Corporation) in Table 2.14 on pages 39-40 and these liquids all
fall within
the scope of the term polar organic liquid as used herein.
Preferred polar organic liquids are dialkyl ketones, alkyl esters of alkane
carboxylic
3o acids and alkanols, especially such liquids containing up to, and
including, a total of 6
carbon atoms. As examples of the preferred and especially preferred liquids
there may
be mentioned dialkyl and cycloalkyl ketones, such as acetone, methyl ethyl
ketone,
diethyl ketone, di-isopropyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, di-isobutyl
ketone, methyl
isoamyl ketone, methyl n-amyl ketone and cyclohexanone; alkyl esters such as
methyl
acetate, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethyl formate,
methyl propionate,
methoxy propylacetate and ethyl butyrate; glycols and glycol esters and
ethers, such as
ethyl glycol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 3-methoxypropylpropanol, 3-
ethoxypropylpropanol,
2-ethoxyethyl acetate; alkanols such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol,
isopropanol,
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n-butanol and isobutanol and dialkyl and cyclic ethers such as diethyl ether
and
tetrahydrofuran,
The substantially non-polar, organic liquids which may be used, either alone
or in
admixture with the aforementioned polar solvents, are aromatic hydrocarbons,
such as
toluene and xylene, aliphatic hydrocarbons such as hexane, heptane, octane,
decane,
petrolium distillates such as white spirit, mineral oils, vegetable oils and
halogenated
aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, such as trichloro-ethylene,
perchloroethylene and
chlorobenzene.
The particulate solid may be any inorganic or organic solid material which is
LO substantially insoluble in the organic liquid at the temperature concerned
and which it is
desired to stabilise in a finely divided form therein.
Examples of suitable solids are pigments for solvent inks; pigments, extenders
and fillers for paints and plastics materials; particulate ceramic materials;
magnetic
materials and magnetic recording media, fire retardants such as those used in
plastics
L5 materials and biocides, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals which are applied
as
dispersions in organic media.
A preferred solid is a pigment from any of the recognised classes of pigments
described, for example, in the Third Edition of the Colour Index (1971) and
subsequent
revisions of, and supplements thereto, under the chapter headed "Pigments".
Examples
0 of inorganic pigments are titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, Prussian blue,
cadmium sulphide,
iron oxides, vermillion, ultramarine and the chrome pigments, including
chromates,
molybdates and mixed chromates and sulphates of lead, zinc, barium, calcium
and
mixtures and modifications thereof which are commercially available as
greenish-yellow to
red pigments under the names primrose, lemon, middle, orange, scarlet and red
?5 chromes. Examples of organic pigments are those from the azo, disazo,
condensed azo,
thioindigo, indanthrone, isoindanthrone, anthanthrone, anthraquinone,
isodibenzanthrone,
triphendioxazine, quinacridone and phthalocyanine series, especially copper
phthalocyanine and its nuclear halogenated derivatives, and also lakes of
acid, basic and
mordant dyes. Carbon black, although strictly inorganic, behaves more like an
organic
3o pigment in its dispersing properties. Preferred organic pigments are
phthalocyanines,
especially copper phthalocyanines, monoazos, disazos, indanthrones,
anthranthrones,
quinacridones and carbon blacks.
Other preferred solids are: extenders and fillers such as calcium carbonate,
alumina, alumina trihydrate (ATH), sand, china clay, talc, kaolin, silica,
barytes and chalk;
35 particulate ceramic materials such as alumina, silica, zirconia, titania,
silicon nitride, boron
nitride, silicon carbide, boron carbide, mixed silicon-aluminium nitrides and
metal
titanates; particulate magnetic materials such as the magnetic oxides of
transition metals,
especially iron and chromium, e.g. gamma-Fe203, Fe304, and cobalt-doped iron
oxides,
calcium oxide, ferrites, especially barium ferrites; and metal particles,
especially metallic
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iron, nickel, cobalt and alloys thereof; agrochemicals such as the fungicides
flutriafen,
carbendazim, chlorothalonil and mancozeb and fire retardants such as aluminium
trihydrate and magnesium hydroxide.
The dispersant is preferably a polyesteramine or polyester ammonium salt and
is
particularly the condensation product of a polyester and an amine, polyamine
or
polyimine, including salts thereof. Examples of suitable dispersants are those
disclosed
in GB 1,373,660, GB 2,001,083, EP 158,406, EP 690,745, WO 98/19784 and WO
99/49963.
The millbase, paint, ink, thermosetting resin or thermosetting resin-based
gelcoat
may also contain other adjuvants such as fluidising agents, anti-sedimentation
agents,
plasticisers, levelling agents and preservatives. Preferred fluidising agents
are those
disclosed in GB 1,508,576, GB 2,108,143 and WO 01/14479.
As disclosed hereinbefore, the use of the AFP according to the invention
exhibit
advantage over those disclosed in US 5,098,479. They exhibit superior anti-sag
characteristics and exhibit no significant deleterious effects on other
properties of the
paint or ink such as gloss, haze and drying rates. The use of AFP according to
the
invention will also reduce settling and sedimentation of fillers and other
particulate
materials in filled thermosetting resins and thermosetting resin based
gelcoats.
The amount of AFP in the paint, ink, filled thermosetting resin or
thermosetting
o resin-based gelcoat, is preferably from 0.01 % to 5.0%, more preferably from
0.1 to 1.0%
and especially from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the
paint or ink.
When the paint, ink, millbase, filled thermosetting resin or thermosetting
resin-
based gelcoat contains a resin which is substantially free from anionic groups
it has been
found that improved anti-sag and anti-settling properties are obtained by
adding an
5 organic compound containing two or more anionic groups (hereinafter OCA) to
the paint,
ink, millbase, filled thermosetting resin or thermosetting resin-based
gelcoat. The
improvement in anti-sag and anti-settling properties is particularly noted
where the
particulate solid contains substantially no anionic character or anionic
surface coating and
especially where the resin is substantially free from anionic groups.
3 o The OCA may contain sulphate, sulphonate, phosphonate or especially
phosphate
groups. Preferably, the weight-average molecular weight of the OCA is not
greater than
10,000, more preferably not greater than 5000 and especially not greater than
2000. It is
also preferred that the number of anionic groups is not greater than four.
Preferred OCA's are substantially colourless (i.e. free from chromophoric
groups)
35 and are particularly alkoxylates, especially those derived from
polytetrahydrofuran,
butylene oxide, propylene oxide and especially ethylene oxide, including
mixtures thereof.
It is particularly preferred that the OCA exhibits dispersant properties.
Examples
of such OCA's are the phosphate esters disclosed in WO 97/42252 and WO
95/34593.
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The amount of OCA in the paint, ink, millbase, filled thermosetting resin or
thermosetting resin-based gelcoat may be varied over a wide range but is
preferably such
that the number of anionic groups of the OCA does not exceed the number of
basic
groups of the AFP. Preferably the amount of OCA is such that the number of
anionic
5 groups of the OCA is not greater than 60%, more preferably not greater than
40% and
especially not greater than 20% of the number of basic groups of the AFP.
The invention is now described in further detail in the following non-limiting
examples wherein all references are to parts by weight unless expressed to the
contrary.
10 Examples
A) Preparation of the AFP
A 500m1 four necked round bottomed glass reaction flask was fitted with water
cooled condenser, mechanical stirrer and thermocouple. The flask was purged
with a
flow of nitrogen for >_ 1 hour and an atmosphere of nitrogen was maintained
throughout
the preparation. Methoxy propyl acetate (100 parts) and the monomers (as
detailed in
the table below for each example) were mixed. Approximately 20 mls of the
mixture was
set aside and the remainder added to the flask. The temperature of the
reaction flask
contents was raised to 100°C with agitation by means of a
thermostatically controlled oil
bath. 0.5 part of initiator, 1,1'-azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) was
dissolved in the
remaining 20 mls of monomer and added to the flask. The reaction temperature
was
maintained at 100°C throughout. A further portion of the initiator
(0.25 part) was added
after 2 hours and again after 4 hours. Reaction was allowed to continue
overnight (ca. 24
hours in total) before being allowed to cool to room temperature
(20°C). Conversions to
polymer were measured gravimetrically and were all near quantitative.
Molecular weight of the polymer was determined by GPC relative to a
polystyrene
calibration curve under the following conditions.
Columns: Polymer Laboratories Mixed B gel columns (30cm x 7.5mm, 5p.m)
Temperature: 35°C
Eluant: Tetrahydrofuran (THF) containing 0.1 % v/v triethylai~nine
Flow rate: 1.0 ml/min
Injection: 100p,1 of 0.1 % w/v polymer in THF containing 0.1 % w/v
triethylamine
Details of the polymers (AFP) are recorded in Table 1 below.
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Table 1
AFP Amine %wt Comonomer(s) %wt MW M~ Pdi
Monomer
A ~ Styrene 100 72800 41500 1.75
B DMAEMA 33.5 Styrene 66.5 68300 34400 1.99
1 DMAEMA 42.6 Styrene 57.4 68400 32300 2.12
2 DMAEMA 60.2 Styrene 39.8 75700 35800 2.11
3 DMAEMA 75.4 Styrene 24.3 70500 28000 2.52
4 DMAEMA 58.9 Styrene/HEMA 39/2 72700 32700 2.22
DMAEMA 53.2 Styrene/HEMA 42.2/4.465600 28100 2.33
6 DMAEMA 56.5 Styrene/HEMA 37.4/6 84900 38600 2.20
7 DEAEMA 65 Styrene 35 81300 33800 2.42
8' DEAEMA 50 Styrene 50 75000 31300 2.40
9 DMVBA 50 Styrene 50 60200 22800 2.64
DMVBA 65 Styrene 35 53000 21500 2.47
11 DMAEMA 50 EHMA 50 140200 52400 2.68
12 DMAEMA 65 EHMA 35 142900 48500 2.97
13 DEAEMA 65 EHMA 35 120800 35400 3.41
14 DEAEMA 50 EHMA 50 121900 46000 2.65
DMAPM 50 Sytrene 50 35900 12300 2.92
16 DEAEMA 60 EHMA/HEMA 38/2 152500 49200 3.10
17 DMAEMA 50 LMA 50 162800 69200 2.35
Footnote to Table 1
5 DMAEMA is 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
DEAEMA is 2-(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate
DMVBA is N, N-dimethylvinylbenzylamine
DMAPM,is N-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)~-methacrylamide
HEMA is 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate
1 o EHMA is 2-ethylhexylmethacrylate
LMA is laurylmethacrylate
Control A is polystyrene
Control B is an AFP as disclosed in US 5,098,479
MW is weight average molecular weight
15 Mn is number average molecular weight
Pdi is polydispersity (MW/M~)
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B) Evaluation of AFP in Paints
Examples 1 to 6
The AFP's were evaluated as RM in a white air-drying alkyd paint. A millbase
was
prepared by milling titanium dioxide (35 parts, Tioxide TR92 ex Tioxide Ltd)
and a 20%
s alkyd resin formulation (18.3 parts, Synolac 50W ex Cray Valley Ltd).
Synolac 50W
contains 70% active solids in 26% white spirits and 4% Xylene. Milling was
carried out for
15 minutes on a horizontal shaker in the presence of glass beads (3mm, 125
parts).
The beads were separated and the paint diluted with 70% Synolac 50W (50 parts)
and thoroughly mixed. The separated beads were stirred with 70% Synolac 50W
(3.3
to parts), white spirits (5.1 parts) and mixed driers (4.4 parts), separated
and the resin.
mixture added to the paint. The mixed driers contained Nuodex Calcium (62.5
parts, 4%
solution in white spirits ex Servo Delden BV), Nuodex Lead (10.4 parts, 24%
solution) and
Nuodex Cobalt (4.2 parts, 6% solution) in white spirits (22.9 parts).
The paint was drawn onto a horizontal glass panel using a 0.01 inch paint well
and
s5 allowed to dry at 20-25°C for 16 hours. Haze and gloss were
determined using a Byk
Gardner haze and gloss meter. The results are given in Table 2 below.
White paints were prepared containing 0.52% active solids AFP. Sag
performance was assessed by drawing the paint down onto Black and White
opacity
charts using a Leneta anti-sag meter in the standard range (ASM-1 ). The
Leneta sag
2o meter has a metal drawdown bar which produces lines of paint varying in
thickness from
75 to 300, with an increase in thickness of 25~, between each line of paint.
Immediately
after application of the paint, the cards were stood vertically with the
stripes running
horizontally and with the thickest stripe at the bottom of the card. The paint
was allowed
to dry at 20°C for 16 hours. Sag inhibition was assessed by determining
the thickest paint
2s film which had not sagged to contact the next lower horizontal stripe
whilst drying. The
results are given in Table 2 below using a scale of 12 to 3 (good to bad). (ie
300 paint
film thickness to 75~ paint film thickness, respectively).
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Footnote to Table 2
The legends in Table 2 are as explained in the footnote to Table 1.
Examales 7 to 12
Examples 1 to 6 were repeated except using 0.26% active solids AFP. The
results are given in Table 3 below.
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Footnote to Table 3
The legends are as explained in the footnote to Table 1.
Examples 13 to 27
Examples 1 to 6 were repeated using a paint containing a black pigment and a
polyester film-forming binder resin.
The millbase contained carbon black (3.36 parts, Black FW 200 ex Degussa AG,
10% pigment), n-butanol (3.06 parts), methoxypropylacetate (2.52 parts),
polyesteramine
dispersant (5.55 parts, Solsperse 32500 ex Avecia Ltd, 66% active ingredient
on weight
of pigment), dispersant synergist (1.1 parts Solsperse 5000 ex Avecia Ltd, 33%
active
ingredient on weight of pigment), and polyester resin (18.0 parts, Aroplaz
6755-A6-80 ex
Reichold Chemicals Inc. 80% solids in 13% methoxypropylacetate and 7%
toluene).
After milling, the millbase was letdown with n-butanol (2.15 parts),
methoxypropylacetate (8.15 parts), polyester resin (22.0 parts, Aroplaz 6755-
A6-80) and
~5 melamineformaldehyde resin (16.97 parts, MF 210-0041 ex ICI PLC as 67%
solids in
6.6% n-butanol and 26.4% xylene).
The amount of AFP in the black paint was 0.2% by weight active material.
Gloss was determined as described in Examples 1 to 6 except that the paint was
first dried at 20°C for 30 minutes prior to curing for 30 minutes at
140°C. The results are
o given in Tables 4 and 4a below.
Sag performance was also determined as described in Examples 1 to 6 except
that the cards were dried at 20°C for 30 minutes in the vertical
position after application of
the paint and again cured for 30 minutes at 140°C. The sag results are
also detailed in
Table 4 and 4a.
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The legends are as explained in the footnote to Table 1.
Example 28 Evaluation of AFP in filled thermosetting resin
The AFP was evaluated as an anti-sedimentation agent in a filled unsaturated
polyester resin system.
A dispersion was prepared by pre-mixing a 40% by weight solution of AFP2 in
methoxypropyl acetate (0.25 parts) dispersant which is a diphosphate ester of
a
polyalkyleneglycol, (0.5 parts Dispersant 10 of WO 97/42252) and a mixture of
1 o unsaturated polyester resin (50 parts Crystic 471 PALV, Ex Scott Bader)
and styrene (2.5
parts Aldrich Chemical Co) for 5 minutes using a dispermat mixer. Alumina
trihydrate (50
parts, FRF40, o ex Alcan Chemicals) was added and mixed in for 15 minutes at
2000
revolutions/minute. The mixture was poured into a 120 ml clear glass jar,
sealed and left
undisturbed for 24 hours. Upon observation, no clear layer was observed at the
top of the
mixture.
A control was prepared by milling alumina trihydrate (50 parts FRF40, ex Alcan
Chemicals) in a mixture of unsaturated polyester resin (50 parts, Crystic 471
PALV, ex
Scott Bader) and styrene (2.5 parts, ex Aldrich Chemical CO). Milling was
carried out on
Dispermat F1 high-speed mixer, using a 45mm diameter saw-toothed blade, for 15
0 minutes at 2000 revolutions/minute. The dispersion was poured into a 120 ml
clear glass
jar, sealed and left undisturbed for 24 hours. Upon subsequent examination the
dispersion had a clear layer of approximately 10 mm depth at the top of the
mixture.
Examples 29 and 30
5 A 500m1 four-necked round bottomed glass reaction flask was fitted with a
water-
cooled condenser, stirrer and thermocouple. The flask was purged with nitrogen
for
about 1 hour and a steady flow of nitrogen was maintained throughout the
polymerisation.
A non-polar solvent (158.5 parts, Solvesso 150) was added to the flask
together with 2-
(dimethylamino) ethylmethacrylate (47.1 parts) and either butylmethacrylate
(BMA, 59.4
3 o parts) or 2-ethylhexylmethacrylate (EHMA, 59.4 parts). A small aliquot of
the monomers
was removed and 1,1'-azobis (cyclohexanecarbonitrile) (AIBN, 0.32 parts)
dissolved in
the mixture. The monomers were heated to 80°C and the AIBN solution
added with
stirring. After 4 hours, 0.1 part AIBN was added and polymerisationcontinued
with
stirring at 80-90°C for a further 20 hours. These are AFP 18 and 19
respectively. Their
35 composition and molecular weight are recorded in Table 5 below.
Example 31
Examples 29.and 30 were repeated except 150 parts Solvesso 150 were charged
to the flask with styrene (41.6 parts) and 2-(diethylamino) ethylmethacrylate
(62.8 parts).
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The monomers were heated to 80°C and AIBN (0.61 parts) disclosed in
Solvesso 150
(6.6 parts) was added. Polymerisation was effected by stirring at 80-
90°C under nitrogen
for 16 hours. This is AFP 20. The composition and molecular weight is given in
Table 5
below.
5 Table 5
AFP Amine %wt Comonomer(s) %wt MW M" Pdi
Monomer
18 DMAEMA 44.2 BMA 55.8 78800 41000 1.92
19 DMAEMA 44.2 EHMA 55.8 55800 23100 2.42
20 DMAEMA 60 I _ _ 48600 24900 1.95
I Styrene I 40 I I
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DMAEMA, EHMA, MW, Mn and Pdi are as explained in the footnote to Table 1.
BMA is butylmethacrylate.
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Examples 32 to 34
AFP's 18 to 20 were evaluated in a white alkyd paint formulation as described
in
Examples 1 to 6 at a loading of 1.25% and 0.41 % by weight based on the total
weight of
the paint formulation. The results are given in Table 6 below.
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